2011 Las Conchas Post Fire, f435106_sw_ne, RGB

Wilson and Company collected and processed multi-spectral (red, green, blue,
near-infrared) digital aerial imagery of the Las Conchas Fire that burned in the
Santa Fe National Forest in the Jemez Mountains of central New Mexico in the summer
of 2011. The Area of Interest (AOI) is 632,000 acres and is larger than the actual
burn acreage of approximately 150,000 acres that lies within the AOI. Aerial imagery
was collected with a frame - based Z/I Digital Mapping Camera at an average of
elevation of 4,500 feet above ground; generating an average ground sample distance
(gsd) of 0.45 feet. This aerial imagery will be used to create natural color and
false color infrared digital orthophotos of the AOI at a re-sampled gsd of .3
meters. The imagery will support the Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response
(BAER) program that addresses landscape damage due to the fire, with the goal of
protecting life, property, water quality, and deteriorated ecosystems from further
damage now that the fire is out. While many wildfires cause little damage to the
land and pose few threats to fish, wildlife and people downstream, the fires of 2011
has in this case created situations that require special efforts to prevent further
problems after the fire. Loss of vegetation exposes soil to erosion; runoff may
increase and cause flooding, sediments may move downstream and damage houses or fill
reservoirs, and put endangered species and community water supplies at risk. The
imagery will support the Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER)
program that addresses these situations with the goal of protecting life, property,
water quality, and deteriorated ecosystems from further damage after the fire is
out. In addition, other federal, tribal, state, and local governments will be
participating in similar program along with Universities in the region.

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